WMXG
| City | Stephenson, Michigan |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Escanaba/Gladstone and South Central Upper Michigan |
| Branding | "Maverick 106" |
| Frequency | 106.3 MHz |
| First air date | March 2000 |
| Format | Classic country |
| ERP | 50,000 watts |
| Class | C2 |
| Facility ID | 51159 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 45°38′36″N 87°22′37″W / 45.64333°N 87.37694°W |
| Callsign meaning | From the station's previous MiX format |
| Former callsigns | WFON (12/15/93-7/13/98) WZRK (7/13/98-2/15/99) WWHK (2/15/99-9/29/1999) |
| Owner | Escanaba License Group (Estate of Lyle R. Evans, deceased) (Sale to Armada Media Corporation pending) (Escanaba License Corp.) |
| Sister stations | WCHT, WCMM, WGKL, WGLQ, WUPF |
| Website | radioresultsnetwork |
WMXG (106.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Stephenson, Michigan and serving south central Upper Michigan, including the cities of Escanaba, Gladstone, Iron Mountain, and Menominee. The station currently broadcasts a classic country format, and as of March 2017[update] is in the process of being acquired by Armada Media Corporation.
From 1984 to 1987, the 106.3 FM frequency was home to WCJL-FM, a contemporary hit radio-formatted station serving the Marinette, Wisconsin and Menominee, Michigan areas. The 106.3 frequency went dark when WCJL moved to the 103.9 frequency in 1987; the station today is classic hits-formatted WHYB (103.7 FM).
The station that would become WMXG was formally granted a license in October 1999 and commenced broadcasting in March 2000, with studios in Escanaba, Michigan. The station was originally owned by Escanaba License Group (ELG), a company owned by Lyle R. Evans, a Green Bay, Wisconsin broadcast executive who was involved in several radio or TV stations in Wisconsin and Michigan, including the founding of WLRE-TV, a Green Bay independent television station that is now that city's NBC affiliate, WGBA-TV. In its early incarnation, WMXG broadcast as "Mix 106," launching with a hot adult contemporary music format that included some rock during its early months. By fall 2006, "Mix 106" converted to a classic hits format, with some modern rock songs included during evening hours.
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